10 Deep Sea Discoveries Too Disturbing For Humans

All right, let's go. Number 10, the dead zones of the Gulf. In 1972, marine biologist Eugene Turner of Louisiana State University began documenting something strange in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Sensors dropped into specific regions off the Louisiana coast returned impossible readings. The oxygen content in these waters wasn't just low. It was gone. Completely. Areas spanning thousands of square kilometers had become chemically dead, incapable of supporting any form of aerobic life. By the 1980s, these regions had a name. The dead zones.